Richard Peet

Global Capitalism

Theories of Societal Development

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In Global Capitalism (originally published in 1991), Richard Peet surveys the various approaches made by social theory towards seeing history in terms of its regional dynamics. He reviews environmental determinism, modernization, dependency, and world systems theories.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9781032848808
• ISBN-10: 1032848804
• Artikelnr.: 70362288

Autorenporträt

Richard Peet retired as Professor of Human Geography from the Graduate School of Geography at Clark University, USA. He was the Editor of the radical geography journal, Antipode, from 1970 to 1985 and Co-Editor of Economic Geography between 1992 and 1998.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Environmental determinism 3. Structural functionalism
and modernization theory 4. Dependency and world systems theories 5.
Historical materialism 6. The pre-capitalist world 7. The origins of
capitalism 8. The development of global capitalism 9. Global transformation
through industrialization? 10. Conclusion: the critique of Marxist
development theory (and a reply) Epilogue